North Carolina workers sue company they say fired them for refusing to pray at work

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“You have to participate,” the owner said of the daily prayer meetings, according to the lawsuit. “If you do not participate, that is okay, you don’t have to work here. You are getting paid to be here.”

“created a hostile work environment, based on religion,” and openly threatened to fire workers who didn't attend the sessions.

“Ms. Saunders describes the behavior as ‘ranting,’” the lawsuit states. “Ms. Saunders began to feel as though the meetings became 'cult-like' after the owner required everyone to recite the Catholic version of the Lord’s Prayer in unison.” The employment commission said in a statement that Aurora Pro Services"violated federal law when it required employees to participate in religious prayer sessions as a condition of employment and retaliated against employees who opposed the unlawful practice."

They are seeking a jury trial, damages and “appropriate backpay to cover lost wages and commissions.” They could not be reached for comment Thursday.

 

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They have no right or business to tell anyone to pray !

Y’all Queda extremists in places like North Carolina are as bad as as the Taliban.

It's q private company there is no expectation of free speech fir those employees its an employer mandated work activity

Forced religious participation. That's the good kind, right?

If the owner appeals all the way to the SCOTUS, he will probably win...

SCOTUS: So what.

SCOTUS approves of this.

Easy money

'You have to multiply,' the State Senate said of getting pregnant. 'If you want to be locked up, that is okay, but you don't have to have sex. You do get to enjoy the sex.'

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I wonder what would happen if the Christian guy was working for a Muslim who wanted him to attend prayer.......

Trump 2024!

Ridiculous! Religious fascism. Nothing 'Christian' here !

Well this is true. Fatal Employment: Men 10 Times More Likely Than Women To Be Killed At Work Eccl 2:21-For a man may work hard, guided by wisdom & knowledge & skill, but he must hand over his portion to a man who did not work for it. This too is futility and a great tragedy

The American Taliban

The military is full of this sort of religious blackmail. All paid for by American taxpayers.

Pay 'em more..

Welcome to your future if you keep missing elections or voting Republican.

They will win lots of monies? The right wants guns religion and lots of unwanted children?

I don't suppose they're arguing about Muslim prayer?

So religion is like a Dick. If you have one it’s ok to be proud of it, however when you pull it out and start waving it around in peoples faces your gonna have problems. Our founders realized this. The Christian nationalist in this country have not.

I suppose this is an inevitable side effect of unbridled free-market capitalism, but my advice remains the same-if you wanna do something nice for your country, stop patronizing the hick rednecks in fancy suits.

This company will fit right in with the christian theocracy the MAGA Taliban followers want.

Keep thy religion to thyself.

That's a 6-3 decision. You're fired.

phantom8646 is this ok in your book ?

What does he mean 'have to participate'? Dance,move the body,kneel down,say Amen to his or her ridiculous whims and wishes'? Amen is a word we reserve only for ourselves.All we have to do is say amen followed by a silent f... y.. and everything is nullified.😅😂🤣

Why isn't this a 'hostile work environment' situation? Do those cases only involve inappropriate sexual situations?

Truth1027029097 The same leftists offended by this have no problem demanding you participate in unions. So odd, being forced into participation isn't always wrong.

Don’t you guys love spouting about private companies being allowed to do what they want 🤣

A job is at will. They don't have to work there if they don't like it.

Id say nope, I am not a nutcase like you are..

WARNING LIBERALS: if this goes through then you can’t fire someone for not affirming LGBTQIA+{%* and other parts of democrat “religion”.

I would have said take that book and shove it where god split you.

Freedom always includes the right to say, 'NO.'

Went to court over this 3 decades ago and won against the employer in Federal Court.

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North Carolina workers sue company they say fired them for refusing to pray at workTwo former employees of a North Carolina contracting company who say there were fired for refusing to take part in the firm’s daily “cult-like” Christian prayer meetings have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit. Probably crossed a line or two here. Holy Sugar Honey Ice Tea Aurora Pro Services website pledges respect for its customers, but not for its employees. 'We believe you should feel respected. We’ll never hire rude people, and we will get rid of anybody not using their best manners.'
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